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NEW Report from EGC
Crisis and Opportunity: The Role of Place and Policy in the Pandemic’s Impact on Students with Disabilities Graduation Rates Over the past four decades, significant legislative strides such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) have aimed to guarantee students with disabilities (SWD) access to free and appropriate public education (FAPE). In the 2022-2023 […]
OpEd: Tutors/Mentors Supporting Students
Robert Balfanz wrote an OpEd piece for The74 that New Survey Shows 440,000 More Tutors, Mentors Supporting Students – But It’s Not Enough From tutoring to mental health to wraparound services, more schools are supporting students but still can’t meet all the needs. Five years after the height of the pandemic, students are still experiencing […]
New Report from Everyone Graduates Center
The Everyone Graduates Center and the Partnership for Student Success (PSS) are excited to announce the publication of a new report, Are K-12 Students Getting the Evidence-Based Supports They Need? Progress and Challenges Four Years After the Pandemic. The report, authored by Dr. Robert Balfanz and Vaughan Byrnes of the Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins University […]
OTCS Participation Feedback Results
On Track to Career Success has prepared The On Track to Career Success Participation Feedback Results. It reports the key insights on how the OTCS partnership impacted students in New Mexico. The objective is to understand the experiences and the impact of participation, providing insights that will guide the evolution of the framework and its […]
EGC Hosts Career Focus Task Group
On September 18, 2025 the Everyone Graduates Center hosted a virtual gathering of national educators to examine how can schools and school systems promote young people’s career exposure and readiness. The discussions were guided by three questions: Download the Event Presentation (PDF) All4Ed: Raise the Bar Unlocking Career Success Advance CTE: Career Wheel & Guidebook […]
Report Release
Schools Implementing Student Success Systems Outperform the Nation in Reducing Chronic Absenteeism During 2022–23, the GRAD Partnership began working with schools across the country to implement student success systems in order to meet persistent challenges like record high chronic absenteeism and widening disconnections between families and schools. Student success systems were developed in partnership with over 300 […]
Chronic Absenteeism Map
Chronic Absenteeism Rates Interactive Map Chronic absence, defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, is a proven early warning sign of academic risk for students from preschool through high school. A school’s chronic absence rate is the percentage of students who have missed that much school. Chronic absence data should […]
On Track to Career Success Playbook
This Playbook is designed primarily for secondary schools and their community organizations, higher education peers, and workforce partners. Our hope is that the Playbook serves as a practical and applicable resource for most types of school settings, including those that serve students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. The Playbook is the result of engaging students and […]
Designing Education S3, E3 Diving Deep into the Four Components of a Student Success System
In the third episode of season three, Tara Madden, Chief Program Officer of Talent Development Secondary, joins Dr. Robert Balfanz to discuss the four essential components of a student success system: a focus on building relationships; holistic data and predictive indicators; a response system informed by students, teachers, and families; and a shared set of […]
Designing Education Podcast: Season 3, Episode 2 Providing Students the Support They Need in Postpandemic Times
The GRAD Partnership and Student Success Systems In the second episode of season three, Patricia Balana, Managing Director of the GRAD Partnership, joins Dr. Robert Balfanz to discuss how and why nine organizations came together to form the GRAD Partnership. The coalition is a national initiative that partners with communities to implement high-quality student success systems […]
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